Roasted Beet Salad (Vegan, Gluten Free)

This Roasted Beet Salad recipe is a simple healthy salad where beets are the star ingredient. Great served alone for a nutritious light dinner or the perfect side to serve when having guests. Beets tossed with an orange citrus dressing and topped on a bed of Arugula. Vegan, Gluten Free, Easy, Healthy.

Okay so beets are just one of those veggies that I somehow miss or seem to neglect picking up when doing the weekly shopping trip.

And NOT because I don't love them....  I guess just lack of inspiration sometimes on how to serve them.

But seriously, they couldn't be easier to prepare and they're wonderful served alone or in this Roasted Beet Salad recipe.

And we also like to serve them in this fun Spiralized Beet Salad or mixed in this Quinoa Salad recipe.

How to make roasted beet salad

First of all let's get started with the beets...

And I know they may look a little intimidating when you see them in the supermarket...

Cause personally I know I kind of struggle getting them in the bag. 🤔

But after that it's really pretty easy to prepare them once you get them home.

Just trim off the leafy green stalks. Then cut off both ends of the beets and give them a wash.

Wrap them up in foil,  drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt & pepper and roast in pre heated oven...

Carefully open the foil packets and allow to cool before cutting into cubes.

Once you have those ready the rest of the salad comes together fairly quickly..

How to prep beets

Start by cutting the roasted beets up into bite sized cubes....

Then drizzle them with about half of the Viniagrette and stir till evenly coated.

Ingredients for salad

• Arugula

• Orange- to juice for Viniagrette

• Mandarin Oranges

• Pecans

• Olive oil

• Balsamic Vinegar

Recipe tips and substitutions

The recipe comes together quickly if you've prepped the beets in advance...

So say if I'm making the salad for dinner that night, then I'll cook the beets early in the day so they'll be ready to go.

And that makes it really simple to throw together the salad when ready to serve

You can easily swap out the Arugula for any of your favorite greens and you can also swap out the nuts or leave them off altogether.

Pecans are what I had available,  but you could also use walnuts, slivered almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc.

Can I make this salad ahead

You can certainly prep all the ingredients ahead so it comes together quickly when you're ready to serve.

Just store the beets in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2-3 days.

And the Viniagrette in a covered glass jar will be good for up to five days.

Other salad recipes....

Roasted Broccoli Chickpea Salad (Vegan, Gluten Free)

Easy Broccoli Salad Recipe (Gluten Free)

Red Cabbage Salad (Vegan, Gluten Free)

AND IF YOU TRY THIS RECIPE PLEASE BE SURE TO LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW…..

I’d love to hear if you make this & how you like it. Plus please be sure to include a star rating.

Until next time-xoxo